This one's especially gross. Today in 1879, 17yo Kate Trimmer was in court for stealing a watch and chain, and she'd already been in the SF Magdalen Asylum for leading an "idle and dissolute life." She was an orphan who needed family, not prison or racist judgments. pic.twitter.com/pM4P4NbKtc
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) August 11, 2022